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Obesity: diagnosis and prescription for action in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Obesity has been the silent global epidemic of the last 30 years. This paper will briefly outline the dimensions of the problem in the English-speaking Caribbean; its enormous impact on health, quality of life, morbidity, mortality, and health care costs; its major causes; and a prescription for concerted, urgent regional action. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2003 13(5):336-340)
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Identifying, evaluating, and treating overweight and obesity in adults.
Overweight and obesity are increasing in prevalence in nations all over the world. Nevertheless, overweight and obesity have not received the attention they deserve from primary-care practitioners, in part because of the lack of authoritative information to guide treatment. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2001;10(2):118-124)
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PAHO Resolutions and Regional Mandates |  |
CD48.R5 - Regional Strategy for Improving Adolescent and Youth Health
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CD48/5 - Population-based and Individual Approaches to the Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Obesity
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CD48/8 - Regional Strategy for Improving Adolescent and Youth Health
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CE142/9 - Population and Individual Approaches to the Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Obesity
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Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health
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Trans Fat Free Americas: Declaration of Rio de Janeiro
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Regional Strategies | |
Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health
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Trans Fat Free Americas: Declaration of Rio de Janeiro
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Capacity-Building in Prevention and Control of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases: NCD Focal Points Meeting (Panama City, Panama, 10–12 October 2007)
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Subregional Meeting of Representatives and Center Directors from Central America, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, and the US-Mexican Border Field Office (Belize City, 12–16 February 2007)
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National Programs | |
Dominica's National Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases Summit (14 December 2007)
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Disease Management Guidelines | |
Protocol for the Nutritional Management of Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension in the Caribbean
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Obesity: diagnosis and prescription for action in the English-speaking Caribbean.
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Identifying, evaluating, and treating overweight and obesity in adults.
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Healthy Lifestyles | |
Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health
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Healthy Eating and Active Living
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First Round of Community Cardiovascular Health Promoters Receives Diplomas (INCAP, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 26 June 2008)
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4th Pan American Congress to Promote Vegetable and Fruit Consumption (Santiago, Chile, 28-30 August 2008)
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RIMSA13/20 - Joint WHO/FAO Expert Report on Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Disease
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The World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life
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Toolkits | |
Stop the Global Epidemic of Chronic Disease: Advocacy Toolkit
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NCD Surveillance Toolkit: Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases
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CARMEN School International Course: Social Marketing and Preventing Child Obesity (Santiago, Chile, 26–27 August 2008)
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We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition
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Unhealthy Lifestyles are threatening children’s hearts, warns the World Heart Federation on World Heart Day
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The Obesity Epidemic in the Americas: Making Healthy Choices the Easiest Choices
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World Diabetes Day: 14 November 2008
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Introduction to Social Marketing: Its Application for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles (Mexico City, Mexico, 28 July – 1 August 2008)
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Stop the Global Epidemic of Chronic Disease: Advocacy Toolkit
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World Diabetes Day: 14 November 2008
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Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 10, October 2007
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Promoting Physical Activity in the Caribbean (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 6-7 May 2008)
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